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Contents7 - UEFA information1 - Match background8 - Match-by-match lineups2 - Match facts9 - Competition facts3 - Squad list10 - Team facts4 - Head coach11 - Competition information5 - Match officials12 - Legend6 - Domestic information

Match background

While Rosenborg BK have always faced long odds in the UEFA Champions League their results show they havegenerally been competitive in home fixtures. They will be looking to carry on in that vein when they welcome FCSchalke 04 to the Lerkendal stadium on Matchday 2.

• While the home side would have been more than satisfied with their opening performance in Group B, a 1-1 drawagainst Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Schalke will be looking to make amends after slipping to a 1-0 home loss toValencia CF on Matchday 1.

• The reigning Norwegian champions are unbeaten in three home games in club competition against opponents fromthe Bundesliga and that is an achievement of some merit because the teams they were facing were FC BayernMünchen (twice) and BV Borussia Dortmund.

• The games were in the UEFA Champions League group stages and came in successive seasons. In 1999/00 theydrew 2-2 with Dortmund in the first group stage, recovering well after going 2-0 down early on. A 3-0 away win againstthe same opponents (which shares top billing as Rosenborg’s best-ever away win in the UEFA Champions League)helped them win the section, advancing to the second group stage where they faced Bayern and drew 1-1 at home.It was the only point the Trondheim club picked up while the Munich team advanced to the semi-finals.

• A year later Rosenborg met Bayern again in the group stage and this was the season when the German giantswould go on to the Milan final where they beat Valencia CF on penalties to record their fourth European ChampionClubs’ Cup triumph. Only a Jens Jeremies equaliser with two minutes remaining denied Rosenborg a famous scalpat the Lerkendal on that occasion.

• In the 2001/02 campaign they beat Celtic FC 2-0 at home on Matchday 5 with Harald Brattbakk scoring both goalsagainst his former club. That was to prove their last home win in the UEFA Champions League with six of the followingnine games ending all-square.

• In the qualifying rounds coach Knut Tørum saw his team come through with some ease, winning home and awayagainst FC Astana and Tampere United.

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Rosenborg BK - FC Schalke 04MATCH PRESS KITLerkendal, TrondheimWednesday 3 October 2007 - 20.45CETGroup B - Matchday 2

• Schalke have never met a team from Norway in continental club competition. The Bundesliga runners-up, who arein their third participation in the UEFA Champions League, have won on just one occasion in their six group matcheson foreign soil. That came on Matchday 4 in 2001/02 when they trounced RCD Mallorca 4-0, having lost at home tothe same opponents three weeks before. Their next best result came on Matchday 3 in 2005/06 when they drew 3-3in Istanbul against Fenerbahçe SK, scoring their three goals in the space of 18 second-half minures.

• In the other game in Group B Valencia play host to Chelsea.

Match facts

Rosenborg

• Nine Rosenborg players have appeared in all five UEFA Champions League games so far this season, includingqualifying: Lars Hirschfeld, Miika Koppinen, Christer Basma, Vidar Riseth, Mikael Dorsin, Alexander Tettey,Marek Sapara, Yssouf Koné and Steffen Iversen.

• Riseth's appearance against Chelsea on Matchday 1 was his 50th game in UEFA club competition.

• An Iversen hat-trick was not enough to stop Rosenborg's poor run of away form in the Tippeligaen continuing witha 4-3 defeat by Fredrikstad FK on Sunday afternoon. Rosenborg have only two wins on their travels in the leaguethis season, and have not registered an away win after the summer break. The home side made a dream start, scoringtwice in the first 32 minutes through Ardian Gashi and Tarik Elyounoussi before Iversen struck from 20 metres. Gashimade it 3-1 on the stroke of half-time and Gardar Johannsson struck three minutes after the restart to extendFredrikstad's lead. Iversen's penalty on 67 minutes and his late header came too late for the visiting side.

• Coach Knut Tørum said: "We can pull this performance apart from start to finish. We let in four goals and, I haveto admit, it could have been many more. We are very lucky to travel home with only a one-goal defeat. This was simplynot good enough. I am very disappointed - none of our players performed as expected."

• Tørum was only without long-term casualty Michael Jamtfall, who is still recovering from the cruciate ligamentinjury that will keep him out of the whole of the UEFA Champions League group stage. The coach expects everybodyelse to be fit to face Schalke.

• In their first league match after the Matchday 1 draw against Chelsea FC, Rosenborg faced struggling SandefjordFotball, who were defeated 2-0 by second-half strikes from Roar Strand and Koné. Iversen, dropped for the trip toStamford Bridge, was back in the team.

• Abdou Razack Traoré has extended his contract at Rosenborg until the end of the 2010 season. "Abdou Razackcame here as an unproven player but has proved his worth to the team," said Tørum. "That's why we gave him abetter contract. He also signalled his intent to stay at Rosenborg by extending the contract by one year."

• Basma has extended his contract until the end of the 2008 season. His previous deal was due to expire at the endof the 2007 campaign. "We are satisfied Christer will stay for one more year, he will help many of our young players,"said Rosenborg's director of sport, Knut Torbjørn Eggen. The 35-year-old defender arrived in Trondheim in summer1998, and has helped the club win eight league titles.

• Former defensive giant Erik Hoftun will be back at Rosenborg from 1 January having been appointed as the club'sassistant director of sport. "I am very happy Rosenborg wanted me for this job, this will be an exciting challenge," saidHoftun. He had recently been working as a player and director of sport at FK Bodø/Glimt.

• Rosenborg are in the final stages of implementing a system where microchips attached to each player will giveinformation about where they run during matches.

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Wednesday 3 October 2007 - 20.45CETRosenborg BK - FC Schalke 04Lerkendal, TrondheimMATCH PRESS KIT

Schalke

• Gerald Asamoah celebrates his 29th birthday the day of the Rosenborg game, on 3 October.

• Coach Mirko Slomka served a one-game touchline ban on Matchday 1.

• Rafinha's 44th-minute penalty gave Schalke a 1-0 home Bundesliga win against Hertha BSC Berlin on Friday.

• Slomka said: "Nine points [from three Bundesliga games] is obviously perfect. But today we noticed our fitnesslevels are dropping. The players were a little bit tired and not so assured in their passing game."

• The result was marred by injuries to Halil Altıntop and Levan Kobiashvili. The former had to go off on nine minutesafter tearing his left thigh and is ruled out on Wednesday. He said: "I hope I will be back when we play at Chelsea".On his comeback Kobiashvili limped off with a groin injury on 78 minutes though he insisted: "It does not seem tobe the same injury as last time".

• Mathias Abel and Mladen Krstajić (knee ligaments) are long-term absentees, though Gustavo Varela returnedto the bench for the Hertha game for the first time since tearing cruciate ligaments on 10 February against the sameopponents. "He has had to work hard and had a hard time; I have great respect for his achievement," said Slomka.

• Manuel Neuer, Christian Pander, Rafinha, Fabian Ernst, Ivan Rakitić and Kevin Kuranyi are all ever-presentin the league this season.

• The goal against Hertha was Rafinha's third of the season, and all three have come from the penalty spot.

• The victory kept up Schalke's unbeaten start in the Bundesliga after eight games and was their third win in sevendays following victories against MSV Duisburg and DSC Arminia Bielefeld.

• Schalke's defence is unbreached in 306 minutes of Bundesliga action. The last player to score against them wasFC Bayern München's Miroslav Klose on 15 September.

• Schalke returned to domestic action with a 3-0 home win against Arminia on 22 September. Kuranyi (24) andAsamoah (54) were on target before Rafinha wrapped up the points with a penalty midway through the second half.

• Slomka reacted to the Valencia CF defeat by bringing in Zlatan Bajramović for Altıntop, while Pander (thigh) andKobiashvili (groin) were ruled out by injury.

• "I expect us to play as well in Duisburg as we did against Bielefeld," Slomka said and was duly rewarded with a 2-0victory when the teams met three days later. Restored to the starting lineup because of a toe injury to Asamoah,Altıntop opened the scoring after three minutes before Kuranyi doubled the advantage 15 minutes from time.

• "We have now started a run and will put pressure on Bayern" said Rakitić, following Schalke's first Bundesliga awaywin since they beat 1. FSV Mainz 05 3-0 on 14 April. Kuranyi was also on target then.

• Marcelo Bordon played the full 90 minutes despite bruising his right knee during the Bielefeld match. "It was onlya light blow, the knee is OK now," he said.

• The Gelsenkirchen outfit are unbeaten away from home in all competitions this season.

• According to an international consultancy firm, Schalke have the 13th most valuable brand in European football.Real Madrid CF topped the list.

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Squad list

RosenborgAll-timeCurrent season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldBLAgeDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-----------1822.07.1989NOROle Lilleås Næss1-13-1-22-1-4-2817.10.1978GERLars Hirschfeld13-----1-----2406.10.1982NORAlexander Lund Hansen28

Defenders26114171114-2905.07.1978FINMiika Koppinen2-5---17---4-2328.02.1984SWEFrederik Stoor4-80-37-15-1-4-3501.08.1972NORChrister Basma5350-10111-1-4-3521.04.1972NORVidar Riseth10-4-2-4-----2828.06.1979URUAlejandro Lago18-----------1926.02.1988NORSteffen Mathisen21-----2-----2018.03.1987NORAndreas Nordvik22-----------1920.04.1988NORJon Arne Kråkenes24-41-20-11-1-1-3517.06.1972NORBjørn Tore Kvarme26-28-11121-1-4-2506.10.1981SWEMikael Dorsin33

Midfielders191111167117-1-3-3702.02.1970NORRoar Strand61816221-1-2-2016.06.1987NORPer Ciljan Skjelbred15-----------1817.02.1989NORAlbert Berbatovci16-9-3319-1-4-2104.04.1986NORAlexander Tettey1929-1422-124-2531.07.1982SVKMarek Sapara27

Forwards67-1414-164-2519.02.1982CIVYssouf Koné714-1618-113-2325.02.1984CIVDidier Konan Ya8-----------1823.04.1989NORThomas Valø9-----2-----1802.07.1989NORJo Sondre Aas118272131321-124-3010.11.1976NORSteffen Iversen14328213110---2-2718.12.1979NORØyvind Storflor1734-1114-133-1828.12.1988CIVAbdou Razack Traoré20-2---5---2-2024.03.1987NORMichael Jamtfall23

Coach-5-1---1-4-3616.08.1971NORKnut Tørum-

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SchalkeAll-timeCurrent season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldBLAgeDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-1-1-8-1---2127.03.1986GERManuel Neuer1-----------1927.09.1988GERRalf Fährmann32-3---------3108.04.1976GERMathias Schober33-----------2610.10.1980CROToni Tapalović34

Defenders-1-1-6-1---2414.08.1983GERHeiko Westermann2-6---------2622.06.1981GERMathias Abel4355-1217-1---3107.01.1976BRAMarcelo Bordon5127-5-2-----3317.09.1974URUDarío Rodríguez16-15-628-1---2207.09.1985BRARafinha18452-6-4-----3304.03.1974SRBMladen Krstajić20-----------1929.02.1988GERBenedikt Höwedes23113-118-1---2428.08.1983GERChristian Pander24

Midfielders9553613-----3010.07.1977GEOLevan Kobiashvili3423-3-------2914.05.1978URUGustavo Varela7238-14-8-1---2830.05.1979GERFabian Ernst8-11-128-1---1910.03.1988CROIvan Rakitić10-3-3-7-1---2503.11.1981GERJermaine Jones13-2-1-5-1---1815.10.1988GERMesut Özil17-1-1-1-1---2404.05.1983GERCarlos Grossmüller21-13-4-6-----2812.08.1979BIHZlatan Bajramović2512---2-----2417.11.1982GERMimoun Azaouagh26-----------2111.04.1986GERMarkus Heppke28

Forwards31414-------2606.09.1981DENSøren Larsen9837516-7-1---2729.01.1980DENPeter Løvenkrands116471826-1---2803.10.1978GERGerald Asamoah14-4-126-1---2408.12.1982TURHalil Altıntop19

153851548-1---2502.03.1982GERKevin Kuranyi22Coach

-10---------4012.09.1967GERMirko Slomka-

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Head coach

Rosenborg BK: Knut TørumDate of Birth: 16 August 1971Nationality: NorwegianPlaying career: SK Brann, Drøbak/Frogn IL, Kolbotn IL, Telavåg IL, IL ØygardCoaching career: Kolbotn IL (women's team), Stabæk IF (assistant coach), Moss FK, Rosenborg BK

Knut Tørum had a short playing career as a midfielder, most notably at SK Brann, and it is as a coach that he hasmade his name. He was only 27 when he took charge of the Kolbotn IL women's team then worked as a video analystfor Per-Mathias Høgmo with the Norwegian women's side that won Olympic gold in Sydney in 2000.

By then, Tørum was also assistant coach to Gaute Larsen at Stabæk IF, a position he held for several years, stayingon after Larsen was replaced by Anders Linderoth. He was finally given the chance as a head coach by Moss FKprior to the 2005 season. Tørum led the team to a surprising third place, but Molde FK proved too strong in the qualifierfor a place in the Tippeligaen.

Tørum was reunited with Høgmo when the Rosenborg BK coach offered him an assistant role, before replacing himin August 2006 when Høgmo took sick leave. He proved an instant success, leading Rosenborg to the league titlehaving remained unbeaten with Tørum in charge. He was then given the job on a permanent basis and took themback into the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 5-0 aggregate win against Tampere United in the thirdqualifying round. He is under contract at Rosenborg until 31 December 2009. FC Schalke 04: Mirko SlomkaDate of birth: 12 September 1967Nationality: GermanCoaching career: Hannover 96 (youth coach), Tennis Borussia Berlin, Hannover (assistant coach), FC Schalke 04

One of only a handful of German coaches to succeed at the highest level despite never playing professionally, MirkoSlomka began his footballing career as a youth-team coach at Hannover 96 between 1989 and 1999 where he helpednurture future Germany stars Gerald Asamoah, Sebastian Kehl, Per Mertesacker and Fabian Ernst.

Subsequently appointed as assistant coach at third division Tennis Borussia Berlin, he enjoyed a four-month spell insole command before leaving the club in 2001 to become Ralf Rangnick's assistant at Hannover. He and Rangnickled the club to promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2001/02 season but both were dismissed in March 2004, andsubsequently took charge at FC Schalke 04 that September.

The duo helped Schalke challenge FC Bayern München for the title in their first season but Rangnick was dismissedin the winter of 2005 with Slomka eventually being appointed as his successor on 4 January 2006. The appointmentdid not initially please supporters, with Slomka's men finishing fourth in 2005/06. However, he impressed the followingcampaign when he took Schalke to the verge of the title before finishing second just two points behind championsVfB Stuttgart. In March 2007, he signed a new contract committing him to the Gelsenkirchen club until 2009.

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Match officials

Grzegorz Gilewski (POL)RefereeMaciej Wierzbowski (POL), Rafal Rostkowski (POL)Assistant refereesMarcin Borski (POL)Fourth officialJean-Louis Valentin (FRA)UEFA DelegateAlan Snoddy (NIR)UEFA Referee observer

Referee

UEFAUCLDoBNat.Name22224.02.1973POLGrzegorz Gilewski

Grzegorz Gilewski is one of Europe's most talented up-and-coming match officials - even though he is still in his mid30s. He is still younger than many of the players plying their trade throughout the European élite game, having movedup to the UEFA Premier officials list in June 2005. His rapid rise was illustrated by his first taste of the UEFA ChampionsLeague proper in September that year when he took charge of the game between eventual finalists Arsenal FC andFC Thun.

A teacher who lives in the eastern Polish city of Radom, Gilewski became a referee after playing football in a Polishhigh school, where he studied physical education. The trade runs in the family, as his father, Kazimierz Gilewski wasalso a referee in Poland. He came on to the country's top-flight referee list in 1998 and joined the international list in2001, since when his progress has been encouraging. He has also taken part in the UEFA 'talents and mentors'programme, where promising referees are given guidance by experienced former match officials.

A particular high point in his career to date came when he was a member of the referee team at the UEFA EuropeanUnder-21 Championship final round in Germany in summer 2004. After that came his first FIFA World Cup qualifyingappointments, and other international friendly matches. He took charge of his first game in UEFA EURO 2008™qualifying, with Sweden's 2-1 victory in Iceland in October 2006. He followed that nine days later with the UEFA Cupgroup-stage game between Newcastle United FC and Fenerbahçe SK, which the English club won 1-0 at home andhas continued to go from strength to strength not least with the 2007 Polish Cup final.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this matchVenueRes.StageComp.DateMoscow2-2FC Spartak Moskva - FC Bayern MünchenGSUCL22.11.2006

Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this matchVenueRes.StageComp.DateLandskrona0-4Sweden - GermanyPR04.09.2001Berlin1-0Hertha BSC Berlin - Aberdeen FCR1UCUP01.10.2002Pasching4-0SK Austria Kärnten - Werder BremenSFUIC30.07.2003Oslo1-1Vålerenga IF - Newcastle United FCR3UCUP26.02.2004Mainz1-2Germany - PortugalGS - FTU2102.06.2004Leiria0-1UD Leiria - Hamburger SVR3UIC16.07.2005Lillestrom2-5IK Start - AFC AjaxR1UCUP14.09.2006

Last updated 01.10.2007 16:35:56CETMatch officials 1


Domestic information

Rosenborg BK (Tippeligaen)GoalscorersRes.OpponentDateComp.Sapara 811-1Viking FK (A)09/04/07LeagueSkjelbred 26, Iversen 41, 56, Tettey 904-3Tromsø IL (H)15/04/07LeagueKoppinen 181-2Stabæk IF (A)21/04/07LeagueSapara 36, 41, Koppinen 903-0SK Brann (H)29/04/07LeagueIversen 80(pen)1-2Vålerenga IF (A)06/05/07LeagueIversen 19(pen)1-2Strømsgodset IF (H)13/05/07LeagueYa 7, 44, Braaten 41, Iversen 694-1IK Start (H)16/05/07LeagueYa 43, Iversen 482-1Sandefjord Fotball (A)27/05/07LeagueKoppinen 371-1Fredrikstad FK (H)10/06/07LeagueYa 17, 120, Strand 54, Tettey 954-3KIl-Hemne (A)14/06/07CupSkjelbred 53, Ya 582-1Odd Grenland (A)18/06/07LeagueStorflor 451-1Lillestrøm SK (H)21/06/07LeagueSapara 811-2FC Lyn Oslo (A)25/06/07LeagueIversen 95, Sapara 1082-0Skeid (A)28/06/07CupIversen 56, Braaten 622-2Ålesunds FK (H)02/07/07LeagueYa 22, 87, Iversen 50, 824-2Viking FK (H)22/07/07LeagueYa 21-2Odd Grenland (H)25/07/07CupTettey 821-2Tromsø IL (A)28/07/07LeagueIversen 28(pen), Koppinen 45, Koné 893-0Stabæk IF (H)04/08/07LeagueTraoré 73, Riseth 862-3SK Brann (A)11/08/07LeagueTettey 36, Koné 592-0Vålerenga IF (H)25/08/07LeagueKoné 201-1Strømsgodset IF (A)01/09/07LeagueDorsin 131-2IK Start (A)15/09/07League

Lineups: Hirschfeld, Stoor (Nordvik 82), Basma, Koppinen, Dorsin, Sapara, Riseth, Skjelbred, Iversen, Koné, Traoré(Ya 77)

Strand 59, Koné 812-0Sandefjord Fotball (H)23/09/07LeagueLineups: Hirschfeld, Koppinen, Basma, Dorsin, Strand, Sapara, Skjelbred (Ya 82), Tettey, Traoré, Koné (Storflor 88),Iversen (Aas 90)

Iversen 39, 67, 903-4Fredrikstad FK (A)30/09/07LeagueLineups: Hirschfeld, Koppinen (Skjelbred 46), Basma, Dorsin, Strand (Nordvik 79), Riseth, Tettey, Sapara (LundHansen 57), Ya, Iversen, Traoré

Odd Grenland (H)07/10/07LeagueLillestrøm SK (A)21/10/07LeagueFC Lyn Oslo (H)28/10/07LeagueÅlesunds FK (A)04/11/07League

PtsGAGFLDWPldClubsPos.483150431522SK Brann1413143551222Viking FK2393138561122Stabæk IF3362539661022Lillestrøm SK433252976922Vålerenga IF5333638931022Tromsø IL632334385922Rosenborg BK732343368822Fredrikstad FK8283835104822FC Lyn Oslo9274734113822Ålesunds FK10253927114722Strømsgodset IF11193627107421IK Start12183926143522Odd Grenland13154124143421Sandefjord Fotball14

Last updated 01.10.2007 16:35:57CETDomestic information 1


FC Schalke 04 (Bundesliga)

GoalscorersRes.OpponentDateComp.Halil Altıntop 351-0Karlsruher SC (H)21/07/07CupKobiashvili 38, Ernst 45, Løvenkrands 45,Westermann 58

4-21. FC Nürnberg (A)24/07/07Cup

0-1FC Bayern München (H)28/07/07CupAsamoah 8, 31, 48, Rafinha 21(pen), Özil53, Kuranyi 58, Rakitić 69, Pander 87,Westermann 90

9-0Eintracht Trier (A)05/08/07Cup

Kobiashvili 25, Rakitić 762-2VfB Stuttgart (A)10/08/07LeagueBordon 11, Pander 31, Asamoah 59,Kuranyi 78

4-1BV Borussia Dortmund (H)18/08/07League

Halil Altıntop 861-1VfL Wolfsburg (A)26/08/07LeagueKuranyi 451-1Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H)31/08/07LeagueRakitić 351-1FC Bayern München (A)15/09/07LeagueKuranyi 24, Asamoah 54, Rafinha 653-0DSC Arminia Bielefeld (H)22/09/07League

Lineups: Neuer, Bordon, Pander (Rodríguez 69), Rafinha, Westermann, Rakitić, Bajramović, Ernst, Jones, Asamoah(Løvenkrands 75), Kuranyi (Halil Altıntop 75)

Halil Altıntop 4, Kuranyi 742-0MSV Duisburg (A)25/09/07LeagueLineups: Neuer, Westermann, Bordon, Rafinha, Pander (Kobiashvili 80), Ernst, Rakitić (Delura 84), Bajramović, HalilAltıntop (Løvenkrands 66), Jones, Kuranyi

Rafinha 44(pen)1-0Hertha BSC Berlin (H)28/09/07LeagueLineups: Neuer, Westermann, Bordon, Rafinha, Pander, Ernst, Rakitić (Azaouagh 75), Bajramović, Jones, HalilAltıntop (Løvenkrands 9.), Kuranyi

Karlsruher SC (H)06/10/07LeagueFC Hansa Rostock (A)21/10/07LeagueWerder Bremen (H)28/10/07LeagueFC Energie Cottbus (A)04/11/07LeagueHamburger SV (H)11/11/07LeagueHannover 96 (A)25/11/07LeagueVfL Bochum 1848 (H)02/12/07LeagueEintracht Frankfurt (A)09/12/07League1. FC Nürnberg (H)16/12/07LeagueVfB Stuttgart (H)03/02/08LeagueBV Borussia Dortmund (A)09/02/08LeagueVfL Wolfsburg (H)16/02/08LeagueBayer 04 Leverkusen (A)23/02/08LeagueFC Bayern München (H)01/03/08LeagueDSC Arminia Bielefeld (A)08/03/08LeagueMSV Duisburg (H)15/03/08LeagueHertha BSC Berlin (A)22/03/08LeagueKarlsruher SC (A)29/03/08LeagueFC Hansa Rostock (H)05/04/08LeagueWerder Bremen (A)12/04/08League



PtsGAGFLDWPldClubsPos.203220268FC Bayern München1166150448FC Schalke 0421511113058Karlsruher SC3144112248Bayer 04 Leverkusen41413182248Werder Bremen5147112248Hamburger SV61313113148Hannover 96712892338Eintracht Frankfurt81212114048Hertha BSC Berlin91012104138VfB Stuttgart101021124138DSC Arminia Bielefeld11913123328VfL Wolfsburg12913113328VfL Bochum 184813913105038FC Hansa Rostock14916125038BV Borussia Dortmund15613943181. FC Nürnberg1661396028MSV Duisburg1731855308FC Energie Cottbus18



UEFA information

EXCO meetingUEFA President Michel Platini has outlined his reasons for writing to European government heads to express hisconcern about the threat posed by "the malign and ever-present influence of money" within European football. "Weare asking the political authorities to help us," Mr Platini said after the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Istanbullast Thursday. "Football is an enormous social resource which has taken on an enormous dimension, but it exists inno treaty. A lot of money has come into football because of its popularity, but since a lot of money has come into thegame, not many rules have come alongside this money, and this is what I regret. We are approaching political peopleto help us to be able to regulate ourselves in the interests of football."

Turning to the issues of violence and racism in stadiums, Mr Platini repeated the policy of zero tolerance towardsthose who engage in such conduct. "We can take strong decisions – if we have to exclude supporters from stadiumsor suspend clubs, we will, until the day that we have people in the stadiums who come to watch football, not to causeproblems." Mr Platini also said he would applaud any referee who, in agreement with the match delegate, decided tostop a game because of racist conduct in stadiums. "Some things are fundamental in life," he explained. "A footballmatch is important but there is conduct that we cannot tolerate in the stadiums."

Coach symposiumUEFA Champions League playing trends was a key theme at the seventh UEFA Symposium for Coach EducationDirectors in London from 24-26 September. UEFA technical director Andy Roxburgh reviewed last season's competition,based on thoughts by the Technical Study Group, which included Arsène Wenger, Marcello Lippi, Gérard Houllierand Valeri Gazzaev as well as the participants at the recent UEFA Elite Club Coaches Forum in Nyon.

Roxburgh said: "The UEFA Champions League is a benchmark for football standards and a yardstick for coaches."The central core was the small margin between winning and losing – in the knockout stage, two thirds of games weredecided by a single goal and Wenger was quoted as saying: "In 2006/07 each of the 16 teams could have gone tothe final." Among the trends noted were the importance of quick breaks and counterattacks, the high proportion oflate goals – in the final 15 minutes – how adaptable teams needed to be, the vital importance of concentration, howwell-organised every side was, and the crucial nature of specialist set-piece takers, combination play, pressing, keepingthe ball and individual flair.

Healthy heartsLiverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard and his former manager Gérard Houllier joined UEFA in supporting the WorldHeart Federation's World Heart Day initiative on Sunday. "More than skill, technique or athleticism, football is aboutheart," said Gerrard. "That's why I'm encouraging everyone to team up for healthy hearts for this year's World HeartDay - to eat healthily, take regular exercise and avoid smoking." Sports psychologist Jacques Crevoisier added:"Working at the very top level of football, I know the importance teamwork plays. By working together you are muchmore likely to achieve your goals."

Key datesThe 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage will be played over six matchdays - 18/19 September, 2/3 October,23/24 October, 6/7 November, 27/28 November and 11/12 December. The first knockout round will follow over twolegs on 19/20 February and 4/5 March after the draw in Nyon on 21 December. The draw for the quarter-finals,semi-finals and final will be staged on 14 March. The last eight will be played on 1/2 and 8/9 April before the semi-finalson 22/23 and 29/30 April. The 2008 UEFA Champions League final will be played in Moscow on 21 May, before UEFAEURO 2008™ kicks off in Austria and Switzerland on 7 June.

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Match-by-match lineups - Group B

PtsGAGFLDWPldClub3010011Valencia CF1110101Rosenborg BK1110101Chelsea FC0101001FC Schalke 04

Stadium, VenueResultMatchDateStamford Bridge, London1-1Chelsea - Rosenborg18.09.2007

Goals: 0-1 Koppinen 24 , 1-1 Shevchenko 63Rosenborg: Hirschfeld, Koppinen, Basma (Kvarme 46), Strand, Koné, Riseth, Skjelbred (Iversen 85), Tettey, Traoré,Sapara (Ya 69), Dorsin

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen0-1Schalke - Valencia18.09.2007Goals: 0-1 Villa 63Schalke: Neuer, Westermann, Bordon, Ernst, Rakitić, Jones, Asamoah (Özil 61), Rafinha (Grossmüller 73), HalilAltıntop (Løvenkrands 73), Kuranyi, Pander

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia-Valencia - Chelsea03.10.2007Lerkendal, Trondheim-Rosenborg - Schalke03.10.2007Lerkendal, Trondheim-Rosenborg - Valencia24.10.2007Stamford Bridge, London-Chelsea - Schalke24.10.2007Mestalla Stadium, Valencia-Valencia - Rosenborg06.11.2007Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen-Schalke - Chelsea06.11.2007Lerkendal, Trondheim-Rosenborg - Chelsea28.11.2007Mestalla Stadium, Valencia-Valencia - Schalke28.11.2007Stamford Bridge, London-Chelsea - Valencia11.12.2007Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen-Schalke - Rosenborg11.12.2007

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Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones

Holders AC Milan will be keen to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stagesince the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/00 and2002/03 that featured a second group stage)

In 1992/93, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregatein the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva.

S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League, taking to thefield at Olympiacos CFP on 18 September 2007 at the age of 43 years and 168 days. The custodian shattered therecord held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in the 2006/07season at the age of 40 years and 211 days. Laurent Blanc is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 36years and 339 days having found the net for Manchester United FC in their 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos CFP on 23October 2002.

Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994. He was then sentoff in the 37th minute.

In 2006/07, PFC Levski Sofia joined 1. FC Košice in being the only team to have played in the UEFA ChampionsLeague and never picked up a point. The Slovakian side have not returned to the competition since losing all sixgames in their only campaign to date in 1997/98. Only five other teams have ever gone through a single group stagecampaign without picking up a point namely SK Rapid Wien (05/06), RSC Anderlecht (04/05), FC Spartak Moskvaand Bayer 04 Leverkusen (02/03, first and second group stage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (01/02, first groupstage).

Levski also conceded 17 goals in their six outings last term, just two short of the record number let in during a groupstage set by Ferencvárosi TC (19) in the 1995/96 campaign.

Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on Matchday 6 of the 2006/07 campaign, FC Spartak Moskvawent 22 games without a win in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on Matchday3 of the same campaign.

The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for awin was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in1999/00 and Liverpool FC in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed withseven points in 2002/03, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and Werder Bremen in 2005/06.

• UEFA Champions League: Did you know?

Domestic champions: This season's competition features 13 domestic league winners from last season, but onlyGroup G of the eight groups features four domestic title-holders - namely PSV Eindhoven, FC Internazionale Milano,Fenerbahçe SK and PFC CSKA Moskva. Alongside the 13 champions, there are ten runners-up and six third-placedfinishers. The holders AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Valencia CF are the only clubs in the group stage to have finished infourth place in their domestic league championship.

Consecutive participations: This season, Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation inthe UEFA Champions League to 12, a record in the competition. PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP and Real MadridCF are making their eleventh consecutive appearances, one ahead of Arsenal FC.

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Knockout streak: In qualifying for the 2006/07 knockout stage, Real Madrid CF surpassed Manchester United FC'srecord of nine consecutive seasons (which ended in 2005/06) in advancing past the group stage. Madrid have featuredin the knockout phase every time since the 1996/97 campaign. Madrid, have won the competition three times in thelast ten years while they advanced as far as the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals twice. However, in the lastthree seasons their interest in the competition has ended at the first knockout round.

European return: Of all 32 clubs, S.S. Lazio, Rosenborg BK and VfB Stuttgart did not participate in a UEFA clubcompetition during the 2006/07 season.

Past masters: Six clubs competing in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition whenit started during the 1992/93 season. Olympique de Marseille were champions, beating AC Milan in the final, whilePSV Eindhoven, PFC CSKA Moskva, FC Porto and Rangers FC all participated in the group stage. In addition, VfBStuttgart, AEK Athens FC and FC Barcelona were knocked out in the two rounds preceding the group stage thatmarked the competition proper.

Long road for debutants: Six clubs have advanced to the group stage from the European Champion Clubs' Cupsecond qualifying round including one of this season's two debutants, SK Slavia Praha. They are joined by Rangers,FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Steaua Bucuresti, Beşiktaş JK and Rosenborg as clubs who had to play four matches toclaim their place in the group stage of the competition. A debutant has not won the competition since Juventus in1995/96, the Italian side becoming the third club to achieve this following Olympique de Marseille (1992/93, first UEFAChampions League final) and AFC Ajax (1994/95).

Sevilla FC join Slavia in competing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time, although both clubs have previousexperience of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.

No qualifiers: Of the 32 clubs involved in the group stage, only AS Roma and FC Schalke 04 have yet to play aqualifying round match in order to reach the UEFA Champions League. Roma are making their fifth appearance inthe competition, Schalke their third.

Pedigree: Four of the former winners of the competition since it included a group stage element from the 1992/93season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely AFC Ajax (1994/95), Juventus(1995/96), BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97) and FC Bayern München (2000/01). Of the last ten winners of thecompetition, Real Madrid CF (three), Manchester United FC, AC Milan (two), FC Porto, Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona,only FC Bayern München are not involved. Only two winners from the last ten UEFA Cup finals are not involved inthis season's UEFA Champions League group stage, namely Parma FC (1998/99) and Feyenoord (2001/02). Liverpooland Porto have won both competitions in the past decade, while the remaining UEFA Cup winners in that time areFC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Valencia CF, PFC CSKA Moskva and Sevilla FC (two).

• UEFA Champions League: All-time recordsBiggest wins7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (10.12.2003)7-1: Manchester United FC v AS Roma (10.04.2007)6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (17.03.1993)6-0: Leeds United AFC v Beşiktaş JK (26.09.2000)6-0: Real Madrid CF v KRC Genk (25.09.2002)

Most goals in a game8-3: AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (05.11.2003)7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (24.10.2000)7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (08.03.2005)Only one team has scored more than five goals in an away game, Manchester United FC, winning 6-2 at Brøndby IFin 1998/99.



Leading scorer in a season12: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC, 2002/03)Kaká finished as top scorer in 2006/07 with ten goals for AC Milan.

Four goals in a matchMarco van Basten (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25.11.1992)Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC 4-1 AC Sparta Praha, 03.11.2004)Andriy Shevchenko (Fenerbahçe SK 0-4 AC Milan, 23.11.2005)Of these four-goal hauls, Dado Pršo's against Deportivo was the quickest. He scored his first goal 26 minutes intothe game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

Fastest goal in a match10.03 secs: Roy Makaay (FC Bayern München 2-1 Real Madrid CF, 07.03.2006)20.07 secs: Gilberto (PSV Eindoven 0-4 Arsenal FC, 25.09.2002)20.12 secs: Alessandro Del Piero (Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus, 01.10.1997)21.20 secs: Clarence Seedorf (FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Milan, 28.09.2005)25.40 secs: Marek Kincl (Club Brugge KV 3-2 SK Rapid Wien, 02.11.2005)

Fastest hat-tricks9 mins: Mike Newell (Blackburn Rovers FC 4-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.1995)19 mins: Marco Simone (Rosenborg BK 1-4 AC Milan, 25.09.1996)19 mins: Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)21 mins: Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg BK 3-0 Galatasaray SK, 21.10.1998)21 mins: Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)

Youngest players to score17 years, 195 days: Peter Oforiquaye (Rosenborg BK 5-1 Olympiacos CFP, 01.10.1997)17 years, 218 days: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC 5-1 Rosenborg BK, 07.12.2004)17 years, 241 days: Martin Klein (Panathinaikos FC 2-1 AC Sparta Praha, 27.02.2002)17 years, 353 days: Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.2005)18 years, 61 days: Sammy Kuffour (FC Bayern München 2-2 FC Spartak Moskva, 02.11.1994)18 years, 70 days: Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 FC Bayern München, 07.12.1994)Peter Oforiquaye became the youngest player to score, but Celestine Babayaro is still the youngest to appear, havingbegun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994, aged 16 years and 87 days.

Appearances: UEFA Champions LeagueNote: This list considers group stage to final only;108 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)108 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK)105 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)103 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)103 Oliver Kahn (FC Bayern München)98 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC)98 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)96 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)96 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)95 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan)90 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)86 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)

Goals: UEFA Champions League



57 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)50 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)47 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)43 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)39 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)37 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

Appearances: UEFA club competition

168 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)137 Luís Figo (Sporting, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)134 Oliver Kahn (Karslruher SC, FC Bayern München)130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)127 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC)126 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, UC Sampdoria, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan)122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF)121 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan)121 Phillip Cocu (SBV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona)120 Roberto Carlos (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK)

Goals: UEFA club competition

62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München)60 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan)60 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)59 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)56 Eusébio (SL Benfica)54 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)52 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Helsingborgs IF)51 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)47 Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid CF)

Goals: UEFA Champions League/European Champion Clubs' CupNote: This list considers the all-time goalscorers list in both competitions including all qualifying round matches.

57 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)56 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)54 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)49 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)47 Eusébio (SL Benfica)43 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)43 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)

Last updated: 27.09.2007



Team facts

Rosenborg BK

UEFA club competition milestones• Their best performance to date was only involvement in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, whenin the 1996/97 quarter-finals the Norwegian side lost 3-1 on aggregate to the eventual runners-up, Juventus.

UEFA Champions League milestones• Such has been their recent dominance of Norwegian football, Rosenborg have been involved in every UEFAChampions League since their bow in the 1995/96 season with the exception of the 2003/04 and 2006/07 campaigns.This is their eleventh entry.

UEFA club competition honours• N/A

Ten-year record2006/07: Did not take part in UEFA club competition2005/06: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2004/05: UEFA Champions League - group stage2003/04: UEFA Cup - third round (having transferred from European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round)2002/03: UEFA Champions League - first group stage2001/02: UEFA Champions League - first group stage2000/01: UEFA Champions League - first group stage1999/00: UEFA Champions League - second group stage1998/99: UEFA Champions League - group stage1997/98: UEFA Champions League - group stage

2006/07 seasonDomestic record: Having had their run of 13 straight domestic titles end in 2005 when finishing seventh as VålerengaIF won the league, Rosenborg bounced back in the 2006 season. The Trondheim club finished seven points clear ofSK Brann, with the outgoing champions a further two points back. Overall, Rosenborg have 20 titles to their name.

European record: N/A

Key factsUEFA club competition• Pld: 145 W: 56 D: 28 L: 61 GF: 224 GA: 241

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final)• Pld: 69 W: 17 D: 18 L: 34 GF: 90 GA: 120

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League• Pld: 117 W: 42 D: 26 L: 49 GF: 174 GA: 192

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RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest win7-1: Rosenborg BK v FC Astana08.08.2007, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round second leg6-0: Rosenborg BK v CS Grevenmacher23.08.1994, UEFA Cup preliminary round second leg6-0: Rosenborg BK v FK Ventspils15.10.2003, UEFA Cup first round second leg

• Biggest home win7-1: Rosenborg BK v FC Astana (see above for details)6-0: Rosenborg BK v CS Grevenmacher (see above for details)6-0: Rosenborg BK v FK Ventspils (see above for details)

• Biggest away win1-4: FK Ventspils v Rosenborg BK24.09.2003, UEFA Cup first round first leg0-3: BV Borussia Dortmund v Rosenborg BK19.10.1999, UEFA Champions League first group stage0-3: Boavista FC v Rosenborg BK14.09.1999, UEFA Champions League first group stage0-3: Tampere United v Rosenborg BK15.08.2007, European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round first leg

• Heaviest defeat7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK24.10.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v Rosenborg BK25.09.2002, UEFA Champions League first group stage

• Heaviest home defeat1-4: Rosenborg BK v AC Milan25.09.1996, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League• Biggest win6-1: Rosenborg BK v Helsingborgs IF26.09.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage

• Biggest home win6-1: Rosenborg BK v Helsingborgs IF (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-3: BV Borussia Dortmund v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)0-3: Boavista FC v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)



• Heaviest home defeat1-4: Rosenborg BK v AC Milan (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v Rosenborg BK (see above for details)


FC Schalke 04

UEFA club competition milestones• Aside from two UEFA Intertoto Cup triumphs, Schalke have appeared in one major UEFA final when they defeatedFC Internazionale Milano on penalties after the 1996/97 UEFA Cup final ended 1-1 on aggregate. They reached thequarter-finals in their first European Champion Clubs' Cup campaign in 1958/59.

UEFA Champions League milestones• The German side are in their third campaign, having previously appeared in the 2001/02 first group stage and2005/06 group stage. From the latter competition, they moved into the UEFA Cup and reached the semi-finals.

UEFA club competition honours• UEFA Cup: 1996/97• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004

Ten-year record2006/07: UEFA Cup - first round2005/06: UEFA Cup - semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2004/05: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners)2003/04: UEFA Cup - second round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners)2002/03: UEFA Cup - third round2001/02: UEFA Champions League - first group stage2000/01: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1999/00: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1998/99: UEFA Cup - first round1997/98: UEFA Cup - quarter-finals

2006/07 seasonDomestic record: Schalke pushed champions VfB Stuttgart all the way but eventually missed out on the Bundesligatitle by two points. They finished the same number of points ahead of Werder Bremen.

European record: Schalke's campaign ended abruptly in the UEFA Cup first round with a 3-2 aggregate defeat byAS Nancy-Lorraine, despite a 1-0 win in the first leg at home.

Key factsUEFA club competitionPld: 106 W: 57 D: 22 L: 27 GF: 173 GA: 106

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final)Pld: 13 W: 4 D: 2 L: 7 GF: 21 GA: 29

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions LeaguePld: 20 W: 7 D: 4 L: 9 GF: 34 GA: 32



RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest win5-0: FC Schalke 04 v FK Vardar17.07.2004, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg

• Biggest home win5-0: FC Schalke 04 v FK Vardar (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-4: RCD Mallorca v FC Schalke 0416.10.2001, UEFA Champions League first group stage0-4: SK Liepájas Metalurgs v FC Schalke 0430.09.2004, UEFA Cup first round second leg

• Heaviest defeat5-1: Manchester City FC v FC Schalke 0415.04.1970, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-final second leg

• Heaviest home defeat1-4: FC Schalke 04 v Wisla Kraków10.12.2002, UEFA Cup third round second leg

• Heaviest away defeat5-1: Manchester City FC v FC Schalke 04 (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest win0-4: RCD Mallorca v FC Schalke 0416.10.2001, UEFA Champions League first group stage

• Biggest home win3-0: FC Schalke 04 v PSV Eindhoven23.11.2005, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Biggest away win0-4: RCD Mallorca v FC Schalke 04 (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat0-2: FC Schalke 04 v Panathinaikos FC11.09.2001, UEFA Champions League first group stage2-0: Panathinaikos FC v FC Schalke 0424.10.2001, UEFA Champions League first group stage

• Heaviest home defeat0-2: FC Schalke 04 v Panathinaikos FC (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat2-0: Panathinaikos FC v FC Schalke 04 (see above for details)




Competition information

UEFA's most prestigious club competition was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992.

• Format: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 31 August saw the 32 teams divided intoeight groups of four. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each club plays onehome and one away match against each other club in its group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for adraw and no points for a defeat. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, thefollowing criteria are applied to determine the rankings.a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;c) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;d) superior goal difference from all group matches played;e) higher number of goals scored;f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question as well as its association, over the previousfive seasons.The eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the first knockout round, to be playedover two legs on 19/20 February and 4/5 March 2007. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their groupmove into the Round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group areeliminated from UEFA club competition for the season. This year's UEFA Champions League final is in Moscow on21 May 2008.

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA clubcompetitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from season 2007/08, at least six places will be reservedfor players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubs from withinthe same association of the said club. The 'B' list will also continue to exist - involving an unlimited number of Under-21players who have been at the club for two seasons. In 2006/07, the number of locally-trained players required beganat four but the current six will rise to eight in 2008/09, with up to half of each figure allowed to be association trained.

A club-trained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the clubbetween the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at leastthree seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21. UEFAis concerned some clubs are not training enough of their own players, but simply taking them from elsewhere. Theproposed measures have the objective of creating a better balance in domestic competitions, preventing clubs fromsimply 'hoarding' players in squads and creating a system whereby locally-trained players would be given a greateropportunity to play regularly in club sides - ensuring a large reservoir of talent for national teams as a consequence.

• Player registration: UEFA regulations state that for all UEFA Champions League matches from the start of the firstknockout round, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players within their squad of 25 for the remainingmatches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by 1 February at the latest. One player fromthe above quota of three who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the currentseason may exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded by another club in the UEFAChampions League this season.

• Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the useor interpretation of information contained herein.

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Legend

:: All-time statisticsThe all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined asthe European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Cup, the UEFA SuperCup (1973 - ), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup and the 1972Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals donot include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw.

:: Squad listThe eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order.Current season - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in qualifying rounds only.Current season - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday.All-time - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from the 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. These are the officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.All-time - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competition (as defined above) including all qualifying round matches. These are the officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.Age: based on the date press kit was last updatedBL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended)

:: Match officialsThe match officials appointed to officiate the fixture.UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official hasacted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourthofficial are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.

:: CompetitionsClub competitionsECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions LeagueUCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football Championship • U21: UEFA EuropeanUnder-21 ChampionshipWC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation CupFRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU19: UEFA European Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA EuropeanUnder-18 Championship

:: Other Abbreviations:: Competition stagesNo: NumberAP: AppearancesQR3: Third qualifying roundF: FinalPld: Matches playedComp.: CompetitionR1: First roundGS: Group stagePos.: PositionD: DrawnR2: Second roundGS1: First group stagePts: PointsDoB: Date of birthR3: Third roundGS2: Second group stageR: Sent off (red card)GA: Goals againstR4: Fourth roundKO1: First knockout roundRes.: ResultGF: Goals forSF: Semi-finalsPR: Preliminary roundW: WonL: Lost1/8: Eighth-finalsQF: Quarter-finalsY: BookedNat.: Nationality1/16: Sixteenth-finalsQR: Qualifying roundY/R: Sent off (yellow card then directred)

N/a: Not Applicable1st: first legQR1: First qualifying round2nd: second legQR2: Second qualifying roundP-O: Play-offFT: Final tournament

:: Statistics(+) : Denotes player introduced(-) : Denotes player substituted(+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted(*) : Denotes player dismissed/sent off

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